The Kids Club Cate Road caters for the educational needs of our younger children,
those from two years to approximately three years and three months.

Aims.

To settle children into kindergarten routines and encourage participation in a
range of activities.
- To encourage self help skills and independence.
- To encourage and develop social skills.
- To encourage and extend verbal communication.
- To expose children to literacy and mathematical concepts in many forms.
- An emphasis on shapes, colours, counting, name recognition, alphabet letters and
  establishing a love of reading.

Session Times.

Monday - Thursday: 8:45am - 11:30am and 12:30 pm - 3:30pm
Friday: 8:45am - 12:30pm (For over three year olds only)

Children can attend either morning or afternoon sessions, for a minimum of two sessions
per week and a maximum of five sessions per week. Each session will focus on the needs of individual children while being developmentally appropriate for the age group of the children.
Due to the longer session, Friday morning sessions are for children over three years only.
Children attending Cate Road will be given preference to attend
The Kids Club Halcione Close when
spaces become available.

The Kids Club2 caters for the educational needs of our older children, those from approximately three years and three months to school age.

Aims.

- To encourage children to work together in groups, listening to others and building
  confidence to share relevant information.
- To extend task persistence and encourage task completion.
- To expose children to literacy in its many forms.
- To expose children to mathematical concepts and vocabulary
  (eg size, height, weight, number etc).
- To extend knowledge of story writing concepts, letter sounds and basic sight vocabulary.
- Recognition of larger numbers, number formation and early concepts of adding
  numbers together.
- To encourage an interest in the immediate and wider world.

Sessions are developmentally appropriate for the older children. The programme includes a structured story writing time and children have a homework activity to complete each week.

Session times.

Monday - Thursday: 8:30am- 12:00pm and 12:45pm - 3:45pm
Friday: 8:30am - 12:45pm

Except for the oldest children soon to start school (see below) children can attend one
session per day in either the morning or afternoon. The oldest children soon to start
school can choose to attend all day (8:30am - 3:45pm) one day each week.
A maximum of three all day children will attend each day. Children can attend a minimum
of two sessions per week and a maximum of six sessions per week.
Preference of enrolment at The Kids Club2 will be given to children currently attending
The Kids Club Cate Road.

Please note: Unless a medical certificate stating
medical reasons… Children attending
The Kids Club2 MUST be toilet trained.